Word: cage
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Since the cut, made last Monday in the preliminary University baseball squad, the remaining 30 men have practiced in the Cage every afternoon for about an hour and a half, under the direction of Coach Coburn. The pitchers and catchers have held light practice and have done battery work for the fielding candidates. Special attention has been given to this batting, and little or no fielding work has been done. By this system the most promising men are being picked, whose ability as fielders was tested before...
...candidates for fielding positions on the University baseball team, except Freshmen and members of last year`s squad, and battery candidates whose ability is unknown to the coaches, have been holding regular practice in the Cage every afternoon this week. Under the supervision of Coach Coburn, the battery candidates have been given light work in passing and catching, but the men are still warned not to overexert their arms. The fielding candidates have practiced receiving easy grounders and passing to first base. Some improvement in the work is evident...
...second round of the annual revolver handicap shoot of the Rifle and Pistol Club will be held this evening at 7.30 o'clock in the baseball cage on Soldiers Field. H. Williams '08 will shoot from scratch, but all other entrants will receive handicaps based on their work so far this year. J. B. West, Jr., '07, with a handicap of 22, made the best score in the first round, getting 87 out of 100. The last round of the shoot will be held on Thursday, January...
About 45 men, not including Freshman fielding candidates and members of last year's squad, reported in the Cage yesterday afternoon for the first baseball practice of the season. Under the direction of Coach Coburn, the battery candidates were given light work in throwing and catching. In order that the men might not over-exert themselves at first, all the passing was careful and slow. In the practice of the fielding squad the men were coached in fielding slow grounders and in passing the ball to first base...
...following fielding candidates will report at the cage, dressed to play, promptly at 3 o'clock: D. V. Baker '08, J. P. H. Chandler '07, W. B. Comstock '08, W. R. Fay '07, D. G. Field '07, E. W. Jones '06, A. G. MacKenzie '06, E. V. B. Parke '08, R. F. Potts '06, H. S. Powers '07, L. W. Pritchett '08, J. H. Rand '08, A. N. Reggio '06, H. Sibley '07, J. W. Simons '09, D. O. Slater '08, R. L. Smith '07, T. L. Smith '08, B. T. Stephenson '08, J. V. Tucker 1L., C. T. Usher...